Carrot Top Pesto
Ingredients
2 Cups carrot tops and stems, rinsed and dried
2 garlic cloves
1/3 Cup pine nuts, pistachios or sunflower seeds
1/2 Cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 Cup Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Combine carrot tops, garlic, nuts or seeds in a food processor.
Pulse until roughly chopped. Slowly add oil and continue to pulse the mixture.
Add Parmesan, salt and pepper. Pulse the pesto until everything is combined, but not to the point of it being pureed.
Serve pesto with roasted carrots or use it to sauce pasta and on top of grilled or roasted chicken and fish!